Free games like Dawn of the Abyss
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dawn of the Abyss, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Dawn of the Abyss.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dawn of the Abyss.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dawn of the Abyss.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Abyss.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dawn of the Abyss.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dawn of the Abyss.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Abyss.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dawn of the Abyss.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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DRENCHED
Free-to-play alternative to Dawn of the Abyss — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dawn of the Abyss.
Drenched is a 3D exploration adventure where a burned-out artist, Brie, becomes a fish. Switch between two characters, and traverse two mirrored worlds to uncover her story. Splash puddles on the surface and blow bubbles underwater to explore, solve puzzles, and reconnect her past and present.